Words to live by

One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. 

- George Sand

(and George was actually a she - Amandine Dupin!)

It's the courage-part and the love of work-part that I have trouble with.  Not that I'm lazy, but I would like to have more control over what I spend my time on.

Life will always be up and down, happy and sad, good and bad.

Roooooll with the punches, Yo. Roll.  There isn't much else.

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